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| Had I presumed to hope --
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| Written by: | Emily Dickinson (other works)
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| Poem #: | 522
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| Language: | English
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| Type: | Poetry
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| Preceded by: | Endow the Living -- with the Tears -- -521-
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| Succeeded by: | Sweet -- You forgot -- but I remembered -523-
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Had I presumed to hope --
The loss had been to Me
A Value -- for the Greatness' Sake --
As Giants -- gone away --
Had I presumed to gain
A Favor so remote --
The failure but confirm the Grace
In further Infinite --
'Tis failure -- not of Hope --
But Confident Despair --
Advancing on Celestial Lists --
With faint -- Terrestial power --
'Tis Honor -- though I die --
For That no Man obtain
Till He be justified by Death --
This -- is the Second Gain --
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